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Historical Event on 12/5/1872

Bhai Vir Singh, great poet, social worker, writer, educationist, musician, humanitarian and Padma Bhushan awardee, was born at Amritsar.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/28/1919Gandhiji signs Satyagraha Pledge to secure withdrawal of Rowlatt Bills.
11/25/1866Allahabad court was established for Uttar Pradesh territory, it sat in Agra with five Judges between 1866 and 1868. It also has a bench in Lucknow.
7/7/196294 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay.
11/15/192116 Gurkha troops killed by anti-British rebels.
1/16/1896Jaideva Singh, famous musician and educationist, was born Shohratgarh, U.P.
7/20/1982Mira Behn (90), disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, passed away.
1/27/1948Gandhiji visits Mehrauli Muslim Fair.
6/13/1918Foundation stone was liad of Sir Kawasjee Jahangir Public Hall in Mumbai.
11/19/1996Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist and diplomat, passed away at 90.
11/29/2000India strikes a counter-trade oil deal with Iraq as part of an effort to build a strategic relationship with Baghdad.